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Peter Spence, my ancestor, came to Canada from Orkney, Scotland in 1800. He worked as a voyager for the Hudson’s Bay Company, travelling all over Northern Ontario. He married an Indigenous woman, and now, two hundred years later, here we are — a whole family tree grown from that unlikely crossing of worlds.
I’m convinced this is where my love of winter comes from.
And I often wonder: did Peter ever curl on a frozen loch in Scotland… or on some lonely sheet of ice in Canada? It feels possible — maybe even likely.
Presenting: The Peter Spence Necklace.
Treat yourself — honour a legacy of winter, wanderlust, and the quiet poetry of the North
Here's the Orkney Earrings!
Apatite, stainless steel.
Peter Spence, my ancestor, came to Canada from Orkney, Scotland in 1800. He worked as a voyager for the Hudson’s Bay Company, travelling all over Northern Ontario. He married an Indigenous woman, and now, two hundred years later, here we are — a whole family tree grown from that unlikely crossing of worlds.
I’m convinced this is where my love of winter comes from.
And I often wonder: did Peter ever curl on a frozen loch in Scotland… or on some lonely sheet of ice in Canada? It feels possible — maybe even likely.
Presenting: The Peter Spence Necklace.
Treat yourself — honour a legacy of winter, wanderlust, and the quiet poetry of the North
Here's the Orkney Earrings!
Apatite, stainless steel.